kirkmaister

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Etymology[edit]

From kirk (church) +‎ maister (master), possibly a calque of Middle Dutch keercmeester (churchmaster).

Noun[edit]

kirkmaister (plural kirkmaisters)

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A churchwarden